Snapshot: Paradise Taste in Cohoes

Celina Ottaway reviews Paradise Taste, a Caribbean restaurant in Cohoes. Though she didn’t find the brain-melting jerk chicken she’d been hoping for, she says the place is worth a visit. Below is a plate of curry chicken with steamed vegetables and rice and peas.

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I know heat can be very subjective, but I don’t know why so many places are so conservative with their spicy dishes. I can’t stand ordering something spicy only to have it served bland as can be. Doesn’t really matter whether you are ordering Jerk chicken, Thai, or buffalo wings, I find it a challenge to get something acceptably spicy even when I specially say “Make it HOT” when I order.

Wow, Mr. Sunshine that’s not a very nice comment… maybe many Americans eat bland food, but your blanket comment is unfair…
Many of us like food that is not as you say … bland… but certainly many people don’t like food spiced so much that it is hot… spicy and hot don’t necessarily mean the same thing…

@Ellen – True, spicy and hot may not be the same – but if the menu says an item is hot, and I then ask for them to “make it hot”, why do so many restaurants STILL serve something that is not the least bit spicy OR hot?

“hot” is so subjective, my guess is many owners and chefs don’t want to take the chance of alienating the diner. My standard order for Kung-Pao is ‘make it hurt’, but this usually just scares the server.

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